corporate finance Alsop boosts Crowe’s corporate finance expertise
National audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill’s Reading office has given itself a ‘Christmas bonus’ with the appointment of Thames Valley due diligence specialist Bob Alsop, writes John Burbedge
As part of Crowe’s national Corporate Finance (CF) team, Alsop will head up the CF and advisory practice covering Thames Valley and South – “an exciting region I know very well, and have been active in for nearly 20 years,” said Maidenhead resident Alsop.
He joins highly experienced Crowe partners in Reading – including Jaki Mitchell, Jane MacKay, Richard Baker, Stuart Weekes, and managing partner Jeremy Cooper – to boost the expertise of an already impressive corporate transactions advisory group.
“For me, this appointment is about the opportunity to join a firm with a genuine entrepreneurial feel and clear ambition in terms of continued growth and partner-led service offering. It also demonstrates
Crowe’s commitment to our local business community – building on the existing team, my aim is for us to become deal adviser of choice to the region within the next three to five years.
Alsop sees his approach as different to many of his counterparts – strong on deal advice, opinion and commercial insight. He adopts a collaborative and tailored approach to his work, which is focused on providing his clients with the specific information they need to make well-informed investment decisions.
“Clearly, no two deals are the same, so understanding the individual mechanics and value drivers of each deal is vital to ensuring that our clients get the very best deal. With ever more sophisticated players in the field of corporate finance, there is a
real potential for unexpected value transfer between the parties involved. My role is to help our clients to understand and navigate the complexities involved in these situations.”
Welcoming Alsop, Jeremy Cooper explained: “Nationally, Crowe has set ambitious but achievable growth targets for the medium term. Our aim is very much focused on advisory services and we are keen to take on quality individuals like Bob, who will add to our talent-pool and enable us to better service our existing and future client base.
“Bob has good corporate finance, DD and advisory skills, and he knows our Thames Valley market. I have seen his work from afar and like the way he builds client relationships, making sure they get the best
HMT: a record year for completions
In 2017, HMT will celebrate its 25th anniversary providing corporate finance services for entrepreneurial businesses in the Thames Valley. Following a fantastic 2016, Andrew Thomson, founding partner of the longest established independent advisory practice in the region, has good reason to be highly optimistic
HMT deals
In the past 12 months, HMT completed 25 deals with an aggregate value in excess of £250 million including advising on the MBO of Whistl from PostNL, fundraising from NVM for online vlogging business Channel Mum, the MBO of software company CIPHR backed by LDC and the disposal of QTR Transport to logistics giant Palletforce.
However, 2016 is far from over and five corporate finance transactions with an aggregate value of c£80m as well as various due diligence and debt advisory assignments are scheduled to complete before Christmas.
HMT people HMT is also busy on the
recruitment front for its London and Henley-on-Thames offices.
The corporate finance team has been strengthened with the recruitment of Ravi Majithia and David Copp as senior managers and Gabriela Zoldova as business analyst. Majithia and Copp both bring significant experience to the team with Majithia starting his career in corporate finance with KPMG before joining HMT from Grant Thornton’s London office and Copp’s previous roles including six years as an adviser with Results International Group covering marketing communications and related technology sectors. Zoldova was awarded an MSc in Corporate Finance in 2015 before commencing her corporate finance career with Cabot Financial.
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HMT has also expanded its due diligence/transaction support team with the recruitment of Tom Pollard as senior manager and Tom Bradbury as executive. Pollard has six years corporate finance experience including roles at KPMG and Barclays Capital and Bradbury joins transactions support having previously been an audit manager with Ernst and Young.
HMT’s consistent quality deal flow provides tremendous experience for its people and after eight years at HMT, Matthew Gordon- Smith leaves to join Mobeus Equity Partners as an investment manager. Gordon-Smith joined HMT as a graduate and was sponsored through the ICAEW’s Corporate Finance qualification.
Managing partner Jeremy Cooper (right) welcomes Bob Alsop
possible advice, which is what Crowe is all about.”
Cooper added: “If someone is buying Crowe, they are buying the firm’s expertise as a whole; our team has links to our global accounting network, Crowe Horwath International, which operates in 120 countries.”
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HMT awards
HMT was awarded ‘Independent Firm of the Year – South East’ at the British Accountancy awards and triumphed for the ninth consecutive time at the Thames Valley Deals Awards, being recognised as Corporate Finance Team of the Year and partner Ian Barton winning Dealmaker of the Year. In addition, two deals HMT advised on were awarded Deal of the Year in their respective categories – the MBO of BOFA International (under £25m) and the MBO of Whistl UK (over £25m).
What next?
Going into 2017, HMT has a number of transactions in sectors as varied as financial services, TMT and oil and gas expecting to complete in the first few months of 2017. However, despite a strong start to next year, 2016 is going to be a tough year to beat.
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